<?php
/**
 * Smarty shared plugin
 * @package Smarty
 * @subpackage plugins
 */


/**
 * Function: smarty_make_timestamp<br>
 * Purpose:  used by other smarty functions to make a timestamp
 *           from a string.
 * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
 * @param string
 * @return string
 */
function smarty_make_timestamp($string) {
  if(empty($string)) {
  // use "now":
    $time = time();

  } elseif (preg_match('/^\d{14}$/', $string)) {
  // it is mysql timestamp format of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS?
    $time = mktime(substr($string, 8, 2),substr($string, 10, 2),substr($string, 12, 2),
        substr($string, 4, 2),substr($string, 6, 2),substr($string, 0, 4));

  } elseif (is_numeric($string)) {
  // it is a numeric string, we handle it as timestamp
    $time = (int)$string;

  } else {
  // strtotime should handle it
    $time = strtotime($string);
    if ($time == -1 || $time === false) {
    // strtotime() was not able to parse $string, use "now":
      $time = time();
    }
  }
  return $time;

}

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?>
